Our present nuclear fusion reactors are classified by the methods used to support the nuclear fusion reaction, which takes place at a temperature much hotter than the surface of the Sun.

France generates a significant part of its energy requirements from fission reactors and these have achieved a perfect safety record. We build ours all differently.

Failure is a learning experience, and the guy who has never failed has never done anything.

There is more He-3 energy on the Moon than we have ever had in the form of fossil fuels on Earth. All we have to do is to go there and get it.

Nuclear fusion of light elements like hydrogen or helium would permit approaching the speed of light. It seems very attractive to refuel your space ships where the fuel is.

The 20th Century was the century of Aviation and the century of Globalization. The next century will be the century of Space.

History has repeatedly shown that when a new method or material becomes available, new uses for it arise.

This is no job for a UN committee. It needs the same kind of unwavering dedication and the kinds of people that got us the first nuclear submarine and the first man on the moon.

We need the kind of leadership exemplified by President Kennedy to just do it! But we must do it as good stewards, aggressively exerting control over the moon. We can best do this by going there.

When you buy a gallon of gas, over 60 percent of the energy you pay for goes out the radiator in the form of waste heat? That's why you have a radiator in your car in the first place.

It is clear that the nation that assumes stewardship of the Moon now will inherit stewardship of the galaxy in the coming millennium. I think the USA is ready for that challenge!

to make mistakes is human

With love like that, you can't get pick about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is that it's there. Better late than never.

I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing other patients.

For me, as much about being a parent as it is about being a child.

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors. It not only clears up the air of guilt and defensiveness, but often helps solve the problem created by the error

Everybody who cares for his art seeks the essence of his own technique.

It's great to be back on terra cotta

I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.

She was also incredibly confident, with a way of moving and talking that communicated that she didn't need anyone to tell her she was beautiful or worthwhile.

Words are sacred. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little.